The $1 million reward posted by Queensland Police has led to the arrest of the primary suspect within the alleged homicide of Toyah Cordingley, which is a aid for police, household and buddies.
Rajwinder Singh was arrested in India yesterday, after Cordingley's physique was discovered by her father Troy in sand dunes on Wangetti Seashore, north of Cairns, in October 2018.
Singh, a nurse in Innisfail who boarded a aircraft for India days after she was killed, has now been recognized by police as the primary suspect within the case.
The knowledge given to police, after the enchantment on the 4 12 months anniversary, was in relation to the non secular sect Singh was allegedly dwelling with.
9News understands there was a tip-off he was travelling to a physician's appointment and that is when police regionally swooped on his car.
Household, buddies and police are relieved by the arrest, 4 years after the alleged homicide.
"This a part of the story is the closest to the top it is ever been, and it is a good feeling, imagine me," household good friend Wayne Trimble stated.
"We have been ready a very long time for this."
Rajwinder Singh fronted courtroom yesterday and particulars of what he is been doing over the previous couple of years are all beginning to come to gentle.
Yesterday Commissioner Carroll described the years-long investigation as "intense and complete" and stated it was a joint operation between native and worldwide authorities.
Police Minister Mark Ryan stated whereas the event was promising, "that is very early days on this subsequent step of delivering justice for Toyah".
Federal Lawyer-Common Mark Dreyfus launched an announcement saying extraditing Singh was a "excessive precedence" for the Commonwealth.
Within the 4 years since Cordingley's loss of life, her father Troy and the 24-year-old's mom Vanessa Gardiner have been making appeals to search out the one that allegedly killed the "stunning and non secular" lady since then.